{"id":968646,"date":"2021-11-04T17:14:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T21:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=968646"},"modified":"2021-11-04T17:14:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T21:14:03","slug":"aoc-mcauliffes-failure-in-virginia-shows-the-limits-of-a-super-moderated-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-mcauliffes-failure-in-virginia-shows-the-limits-of-a-super-moderated-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC: McAuliffe&#039;s Failure in Virginia Shows the Limits of a &#8220;Super Moderated Campaign&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faoc-mcauliffes-failure-in-virginia-shows-the-limits-of-a-super-moderated-campaign%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=968646&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1128586490-e1636051099315-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) offered brief insight on Democrat Terry McAuliffe\u2019s loss in Virginia\u2019s gubernatorial race, contending that the results show the \u201climits\u201d of running a \u201csuper moderated campaign\u201d and warning that Democrats should be worried about the midterms if \u201cnothing changes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlus on the election front, I actually think we have good news as well. I know that Virginia was a huge bummer,\u201d she said in an video posted to Instagram on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd honestly, if anything, I think the results show the limits of trying to run a fully 100 percent super moderated campaign that does not excite, speak to, or energize a progressive base. And frankly, we weren\u2019t even really invited to contribute on that race,\u201d she added:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.8376068376068\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AOC<\/a> finds a silver lining in Virginia election losses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that the results show the limits of trying to run a fully 100% super moderated campaign\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NjjiQQ5uU7\">pic.twitter.com\/NjjiQQ5uU7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Gage (@johnrobertgage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnrobertgage\/status\/1456242279564382209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The left-wing New York lawmaker pointed to Democrat victories on the New York City Council, as well as in the Boston mayoral race. She also praised the&nbsp;Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) victories in Florida, seemingly dismissing the undeniable red wave in key parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo this is what it\u2019s about,\u201d she said, explaining the theory of change is \u201cmass mobilization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, when asked if Democrats should be worried about the midterms after defeat in Virginia, Ocasio-Cortez said there is cause for concern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that we should be worried if nothing changes and if Democrats don\u2019t learn lessons,\u201d she said, adding that moderate Democrats must learn that there is \u201cgoing to be charged discussions about race, so they need to know how to talk about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Virginia\u2019s gubernatorial race after surging in the polls in the final stretch of the campaign, capitalizing on the Democrat\u2019s position to essentially keep parents out of their children\u2019s education. Education and Critical Race Theory (CRT), a Marxist ideology, stood as one of the major drivers of Virginia voters \u2014 a topic McAuliffe squarely dismissed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2021\/10\/10\/mcauliffe-critical-race-theory-is-a-dog-whistle-made-up-by-trump\/\">characterizing<\/a> it as a&nbsp;\u201cdog whistle.\u201d Instead, he overtly suggested that parents should not have a say in what schools teach their children and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/01\/democrat-terry-mcauliffe-suggests-virginia-has-too-many-white-teachers\/\">suggested<\/a> that Virginia had too many white teachers in the days leading up to the race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) offered brief insight on Democrat Terry McAuliffe\u2019s loss in Virginia\u2019s gubernatorial race, contending that the results show the \u201climits\u201d of running a \u201csuper moderated campaign\u201d and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-968646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=968646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=968646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=968646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=968646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}